MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.? Rising sophomore Kentucky swimmer Tyler Reed notched a career-best clip on his way to a 21st place finish in the 200-freestyle at the US Open swimming championships Friday.

Reed tapped the wall in a time of 1:52.69, bettering his previous best time in his impressive swim this morning. The Kentucky native finished in 21st place overall, improving 22 spots from his 43rd seed position. Reed entered the meet with a 1:53.04 time and increased his position in today?s race by knocking nearly a second off of his time.

Bobby Bollier claimed the top time of the morning?s preliminary heats with a time of 1:48.61.

The U.S. Open will serve as the selection meet for the 2009 World University Games, to be held from July 2-7, 2009, in Belgrade, Serbia. The highest placing athlete in each event who will be enrolled as a full-time university student through Jan. 1, 2009 will to be invited to the World University Games Team.

The meet will follow the traditional schedule of morning prelims and evening finals with the morning sessions starting each day at 9 a.m. CT and evening finals beginning at 6 p.m. CT.

Updates on each of the Wildcat swimmers will also be posted on UKathletics.com.